What type of wine is pinot noir?
It is both the name of a wine grape and the name of a red wine. These wines are world famous and grown world-wide. And, it is a notoriously difficult grape to grow and wine to make. The Grape Pinot Noir Of all commercial wine grapes, Pinot Noir is the most susceptible to common wine grape diseases and maladies including frost, mold, and rot. Pinot Noir has a relatively thin skin making the berries vulnerable. This thin skin also affects the wine making process. The Pinot Noir grape vines are just as finicky as the grapes. They tend to be thin and are prone to mildew, mold, viruses and are susceptible to a variety of grape vine pests. Due to the sensitivity of the Pinot Noir vine and grape, there are perhaps a thousand clone varieties worldwide. Compared to Cabernet Sauvignon, which only has about a dozen clone varieties, Pinot Noir is one of the most diverse wine grapes in the world. The Places of Pinot Noir Keep in mind that although most New World wine labels will list the grapes in
